Building element



Patented Get. 9, 1928.

-ururso; STAT-ES. PATENroFFics.

ISAAC A. BAUM, OF CHICAGO, IL INO S;

-' BUILDING EL MENT.

- npplicationfiled December 27, 1927. Serial no. 242,632. 7

My invention relates to buildings and particularly to an element adaptedfor use in several locations. :In one adaptation the construction isadapted for use as awindow stool, and in another adaptation as a baseboard. A fundamental Characteristic is that the element may compositionmaterial or marble, then placed 'in position and combined with a plasterground and plaster terminalin a permanent position.

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By the use of an element such as described herein, the labor connected.with installa-' t-ion is materially lessened and a. highly satisfactoryconstruction is assured.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawing in which-- Fig. 1 is a sectional .view through awindow sill and stool to which my invention has been applied, and

Fig. 2 is a'sectional view through a base board and adjacentconstruction.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that my inventioncomprises a stool 10 which may be of composition material moulded to theproper shape. Along one marginal edge and projecting into a space on thelower surface of the element is a continuous strip 11, a )erforatedflange 12 of which is moulded into the cementitious material. In theconstruction shown, the strip is doubled and then redoubled on itself toprovide the rearwardly. projecting tongue 13. A retaining clip lethaving a rebent flange 15 is secured to a base or sill 16 by means ofnails 17. This clip is adapted to receive the tongue 13 and to securelyhold the stool against vertical dis placement.

At the forward edge of the stool, I provide a clip 18, the aperturedflanges19 of which are moulded in the material composing the stool. Thedownwardly projecting edge or flange 20 of the clip is adapted to liealongside of the sill or base 16, and to be secured thereto by means ofnails 21. Metal lath is indicated at 22 and performs the usual function.The portion 19 of the strip is bent and rebent to provide the triangularnose 23,'Wl1l(3l1 projects downbe pre-formed either in.

flange serving as a marble or similar material.

is-caused to fiowbeneath the diagonal part- 25 which acts as akey; theflat vertical surface'acts as a groundforleveling the surface of theplaster.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 2,

I the elements remain similar. The base board 26 may be of moulded form,having the male member 27 of the attaching element cast in the body ofthe cement; the female member 28 of the attaching combination is securedto the wall by means of nails 29, the rebent portion 30 providing a slotfor the reception of the downwardly projecting flange 31 of theattaching element.

At the upper end, the attaching clip has a triangular portion 32 that ismoulded in the body of cement, the rearward vertical meansfor'attachment to the adjacent wall. The terminal portion of thetriangular part 32 projects vertically above the upper limit of thebase-board as at 34, and is then rebent asat 35 to provide a plasterterminalor plaster key. The part 84 serves as a ground. In applicationof either of the two devices illustrated, the attaching clip is securedin position, no particular care being required to positionthe clip.Thereafter the stool or base board as the case may be, constructed asshown, is placed and moved by sliding action into position where themale and female elements of the attaching device are in properco-operation. Thereafter the free flanges on the opposite end of thedevice are nailed to the adjacent wall. No further work is necessary inorder to insure proper positioning of the element relative to the wall.

The base board or. stool may be composed of 'cementitious material asshown, or of V In the latter case, the marble will be shaped to providesuitable recesses for the reception of the clips and the clipsthereafter permanently held in place by means of cement or plaster ofParis.

I claim: I v

1. A building element comprising, in com.- bination, a strip providing atongue, and an attaching clip, both moulded into the element at oppositesides thereof, and means on the clip providing a plaster: terminal andground.

2. In combination a body of cement-itious material attaching clipsmoulded into the material one of said clips providing a plaster groundand an undercut surface acting as a plaster key. 7

3. A base board or Window stool composed of a body of rock-likematerial, an attaching element moulded into said material, said elementhaving a flange adapted to actas a means of attachment to an adjacentWall and also having a projecting portion acting as a plaster terminaland as a a plaster ground.

at.- A base board or Window stool consisting of a body of rock-likematerial, clips seated. in said material near each side margin thereof,and means co-operating with said clips providing for attachment'to aWall with.

5. In a base board or Window stool the combination of a body ofmaterial, a clip in a plane With the unexposed fiat surface of said baseboard or Window stool, a cooperating clip adapted 'to besecured to anadjacent Wall and having a recess adapted to be occupied by said tongueon movement of the base board or stool in a line parallel With the faceof the Wall to Which itis attached. I I

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

"ISAAC A. BAUM.

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